Bruder Spielwaren

Toy Distributor Models Big Savings

with VALOGIX

Inventory Planner
Quick Facts

Company

Name: Bruder Toys America, Inc.
Toy Manufacturer
Location: Hawthorne, California,
Industry: Distribution
Products and services: Toys
Items in inventory: 180
Web: www.brudertoys.com

Challenges

Seasonal Demand Patterns
Excess stock
Lack of visibility to inventory
Restricting supply and demand in
multiple locations

Objectives

Reduce planning time
Optimize stock at Multiple Warehouse
Locations
Minimize shipping costs
Minimize shipping time to customers
Increase stock visibility
Move closer to Just-in-Time Inventory
levels

Software Solutions

VALOGIX Inventory Planner with
SAP Business One



Why Valogix?

Automated forecasts
Ability to plan for multiple locations
Tight integration with SAP Business One
Ease-of-use

Benefits

Reduce time required to perform in-
ventory planning by 90%
Increased visibility of all item locations
Automatic forecasting which includes
seasonal fluctuations that enabled
Bruder to optimize their stock levels at
each location
Reduced shipping costs by 20%
Reduced inventory levels
Reduced stock-outs and backorders

Previous Environment

Complex and time-consuming spread-
sheets and reports.


SAP Business One Reseller

Sapphire Systems, Inc.
Valogix LLC27 Division StreetSuite 2Saratoga SpringsNew York12866USAp:518.450.0309www.valogix.com

The enhanced MRP
planning is very
important to us.
Valogix Planner
gives us automatic
forecasting based on
order history and
seasonal fluctuations
- which is a big as-
pect of our business.
This prevents over
and under stocking
for each warehouse,
and increases sales
and customer satis-
faction.

-Beate Caso
President Bruder
Toys America

Buried Under Truckloads of
Inventory
As the North American distributor
for Bruder Spielwaren, an 86 year-
old manufacturer of high-quality
toys located in Frth, Germany,
Bruder Toys America strives to
maintain a high level of customer
sat i sfact i on whi l e keepi ng
inventory costs as low as possible.
With two distribution centers in the
United States, Bruders objective is
to stock their inventory as close as
possible to their customers.
Like many businesses, Bruder
planned inventory with many
complicated spreadsheets and
intuition. Achieving balance with
an inventory of hundreds of items
across two locations was a signifi-
cant challenge.
According to Beate Caso,
President, We are in the toy
business and most of our business
occurs in the last four months of
the year, so it could be very slow
during the summer months then
demand suddenly picks up prior to
the Holiday Season. If we dont
have enough inventory to fulfill
all the orders just when needed we
will lose customers and our high
standards for customer service.
Better Visibility to Stock
Leads to Reductions
Glennis Spieker, Sales Director, at
Sapphire Systems, Inc., knew
Valogix was a good fit for Bruders
business goals.
Glennis explains, Accurately
planning for hundreds of seasonal
items across two distribution cen-
ters becomes extremely difficult
because of the sheer volume of
information needed to make good
decisions. Providing Bruder with
an alternative to their time-
consuming spreadsheets was the
only way to enable them to meet
their business objectives.
Information on spreadsheets is
static so it becomes out of date
very quickly, said Glennis.
Bruder needed a solution that
would very easily and accurately
manage all of their items at each
distribution center. Valogix gives
them information they need at a
click of a button so they can make
strategic decisions and use the
cash they would have spent on
inventory to invest in other areas
of the business.
Within a few months after
implementing Valogix Inventory
Planner, Beate noticed big im-
provements in the stock mix and
the time it took to do planning.
Valogix Inventory Planner is
extremely user friendly. It syn-
chronizes data every night so you
are working with updated infor-
mation every day.


Optimizing the inventory minimizes shipping
costs, minimizes the transfer times, and makes
our clients happy and its better for Bruder Toys.

Beate Caso
Bruder Toys America

Big Upfront and Long-Term
Benefits
It was only a matter of months
before Bruder Toys started to see
results.

In a very short time we were able
to reduce overstocks and excess
inventory by more than 10%, and
planning time has been reduced
by 90% says Beate. Freeing up
valuable time allows us to work on
other important areas of the busi-
ness.

Bruder Toys is now benefiting
from increased visibility of their
stock, they know instantly where
stock is and what stock is needed
without lengthy computations and
checks. According to Beate The
enhanced MRP planning has
been very important to us. To pre-
vent over and under stocking for
each warehouse, Valogix Planner
gives us automatic forecasting
based on order history and sea-
sonal fluctuations - which is a big
aspect of our business.
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